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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#46176: May 17th 2017 at 11:23:10 PM

[up]We're not getting into this argument again.

She has an aura. Aura is made from one's soul. Ergo, Penny is completely alive by the standards of the series in the fact that she's a sentient being with a soul.

edited 17th May '17 11:23:32 PM by BlackSunNocturne

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#46177: May 17th 2017 at 11:26:29 PM

[up]On the other hand, she is a red head which means rebuke your argument

and yes, a Use a complete pointless ginger joke, sue me.

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God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#46178: May 17th 2017 at 11:30:12 PM

Penny, Roman, Pyrhha.

Nora's next.

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#46179: May 17th 2017 at 11:33:44 PM

That's the secret to defeating Salem. Dye her hair red.

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#46180: May 17th 2017 at 11:37:26 PM

[up][up]I always said Nora was going to die facing a HUGE serpent grimm, but that is just me wanting more soul crushing despairtongue

edited 17th May '17 11:37:47 PM by unknowing

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#46181: May 18th 2017 at 4:56:12 AM

if Nora dies we riot

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#46182: May 18th 2017 at 5:21:04 AM

Assume the death to be tragic.

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#46183: May 18th 2017 at 6:02:47 AM

wild mass guessNora faces off against a supersized serpentine Grimm, and the fight ends with her presumed dead.

When the Grimm shows up again, it keels over, dead. Followed by Nora popping up, alive and well.

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#46184: May 19th 2017 at 6:46:50 PM

I think before the series is over, all of team JNPR will be dead. I'm basing this off of volume 3 op. The scene towards the end when teams RWBY and JNPR are holding hands while falling down a pit Pyrrha breaks away and fades into the background, obviously foreshadowing her death. But she's only the first, a split second later the rest of team JNPR follows.

But I'm probably read too much into it, hopefully.

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#46185: May 20th 2017 at 5:40:21 AM

Considering intros tend to show events that sometimes never come to pass they should be taken with a grain of salt on what the imagery implies.

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Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#46186: May 20th 2017 at 10:28:18 AM

Given the content of Chibi's first episode, my head cannon is now that plot holes exist in the main show solely for RT to have story material for the Chibi show.

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#46187: May 20th 2017 at 2:35:00 PM

[up][up]That's true. It could just be me being nervous. Also the scene I mentioned RWBY and JNPR were holding hands in an alternating pattern, so when team JNPR vanished the members of team RWBY were left falling on their own with no one to hold, no physical connection perhaps to symbolize their coming isolation.

Either way, with what we learn about their backstory in volume 4, any ending that doesn't have Rin and Nora together happy and alive would be emotionally draining.

[up] Speaking of the first episode of the new season, did anyone notice that there's commentary in the closed captions?

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#46188: May 20th 2017 at 7:43:30 PM

[up]It happens whenever the person who does them feels creative. It was a little amusing in places.

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#46189: May 21st 2017 at 8:22:33 AM

Let's change the subject to shipping. I predict Blake and Sun will finally kiss next Volume. After Nora and Ren.

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#46190: May 21st 2017 at 8:46:00 AM

I'm starting to think I like RWBY chibi more than RWBY.

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#46191: May 21st 2017 at 8:50:42 AM

I never got into Chibi, but since I'm bored I wonder if it's at least funny.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#46192: May 21st 2017 at 9:22:57 AM

I find myself thinking that Ruby is going to be the catalyst for tag team Blake and Yang fight against Adam. Like, Ruby runs in Adam, gets super pissed off and goes for him, and gets kidnapped or something. Just a hunch about possible things to come, not sure if they could win.

edited 21st May '17 9:37:33 AM by LSBK

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#46193: May 21st 2017 at 9:31:23 AM

There's also the issue of Ruby potentially bottling bad emotions in, and how that is gonna pan out.

Of course, this and being Adam-kidnapped are not mutually exclusive.

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#46194: May 21st 2017 at 10:32:47 AM

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Ruby's going to be the catalyst for something. Judging by the pilot narration, her speech at the end of Volume 3 and the lyrics for 'Divide', Salem's defeat of Ozpin rests on taking away his optimism and the key to taking away Ozpin's optimism appears to rest in destroying Ruby's optimism.

I am not talking about an Heroic BSoD. I'm not even talking about a Despair Event Horizon. I'm talking about the danger of what comes out the other side of a Despair Event Horizon (which I think Salem shows signs of being). I'm talking soul-crushing, soul-destroying, soul-changing despair.

That's why I think she wants Ruby alive. Killing Ruby just means Ozpin gets to try again at a later date. Snuffing out hope now doesn't stop hope being found at some point in the future. She needs to crush Ruby's soul into despair and then probably corrupt her into a mockery of her former self. Only then can she end hope for Ozpin - not just for now, but for all time. That's how she'll crush Ozpin's soul, and truly defeat him once and for all.

So the key to this entire show is Ruby's optimism.

Ruby's role in this show so far has been a catalyst. A catalyst gets add to a mix to generate action and reaction but does itself not change. That is what Ruby currently appears to be. Everything happens around her and her role so far is more like a plaster - holding people together so that they can act around her while she bears witness.

This is an illusion that's been built up for the audience so that we have the same perspective of Ruby that all the characters around her have: the cheerful little light that bobs along keep everyone's spirit going simply by shining. She is, in a real sense, the 'lighthouse' of the show - present, yet appearing to do nothing but act as a beacon for others find their way.

Like I said, this is an illusion and, like all illusions, will shatter. It will shatter for the audience when it shatters for the characters around her. Characters experiencing the fall of Beacon feel like they've witnessed their darkest hour. They haven't. Even Yang hasn't. Yang won't hit her darkest hour until her purpose for being has been taken from her — and that's Ruby.

When Ruby's optimism shatters into despair, that's when the story will hit its darkest hour. And that's when we'll begin to learn who Ruby really is.

edited 21st May '17 10:40:54 AM by Wyldchyld

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#46195: May 21st 2017 at 12:02:44 PM

Just caught RWBY Chibi S2E1.

I second the notion that RWBY Chibi is better than actual RWBY.

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#46196: May 21st 2017 at 2:19:39 PM

Vol 4 up on iTunes movie section slated for June 6th.

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#46197: May 21st 2017 at 2:48:48 PM

I third the notion that RWBY Chibi is better than RWBY.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46198: May 21st 2017 at 6:37:08 PM

Let's change the subject to shipping.

>.>

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#46199: May 21st 2017 at 6:39:47 PM

I always preferred Lancaster over Arkos.

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#46200: May 21st 2017 at 6:58:35 PM

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